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Beyonce's "Single Ladies" Gets the Shakespeare Treatment Along with Other Modern Pop Songs in Hilarious Tumblr
There's a new great tumblr in town, and it's blending the old with the new in a pretty delightful way. Ever wondered what Taylor Swift would sound like if Shakespearean language got a hold of her? Avril Lavigne? Miley Cyrus? Wonder no more: Pop Sonnet takes popular music of the relatively modern era and puts it into the format of — you guessed it! — a Shakespearean sonnet. The Backstreet Boys meet the Bard? Just sacrilegious enough to work.
We've compiled a few of our Pop Sonnet favorites here, but you should really check out their full tumblr for the glory of Rick Astley, Gloria Gaynor, Prince, and more blending with Old English.
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"I Want It That Way," Backstreet Boys
Original: “You are my fire, my one desire.”
Shakespearized: “You are a flame that burns within my breast.”
"Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air," Will Smith
Original: “In West Philadelphia born and raised, on a playground is where I spent most of my days.”
Shakespearized: “From Western Philadelphia I hail, where in my youth I’d play upon the green.”
"Complicated," Avril Lavigne
Original: “Chill out, what you yellin’ for? Lay back, it’s all been done before.”
Shakespearized: “O soothe thy anxious nerves and halt thy tongue! Compose thyself and see the simple truth.”
"Single Ladies," Beyonce
Original: “Up in the club, we just broke up, I’m doing my own little thing.”
Shakespearized: “I found my way into the market square, to drink in deep the festival’s delights.”
"Let It Go," 'Frozen,' Lea Michele
Original: “Let the storm rage on, The cold never bothered me anyway!”
Shakespearized: “I shan’t again the falling snow withhold, for I have ne’er been bothered by the cold.”
"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together," Taylor Swift
Original: “I remember when we broke up the first time, saying, This is it, I’ve had enough.’”
Shakespearized: “My mem’ry gazes back on young romance, and on its twilight throws, when you first left.”
"Party In the USA," Miley Cyrus
Original: “I hopped off the plane at L.A.X., With a dream and my cardigan”
Shakespearized: “I stepp’d from the ship onto the foreign docks, with not but fragile hope and heavy coat.”
